pickI went back in time to the first Ins.Banks novel. The author evokes the landscape with language such as:”Dry-stone wall crisscrosses the lower valley sides like ancient runes until, in some places, the grassy slopes rise steeply into long sheer cliffs known as as “‘scars‘”(34). There are several storylines: a peeping tom, robberies,murder- are they connected? If so, how? #serieslove2025
Went to my local Indie bookstore, RiverBend Bookshop to pick up my Feb. holds & of course I left with 3 more books. What a thrill! #joy #indiebookstores #books
“ Lulled by the Syren-song that my heart sung to me, with eyes shut to all sight, and ears closed to all sound of danger, I drifted nearer and nearer to the fatal rocks “(66).
#hashtagbrigade
#bookreport #Feb23toMarch2 #2025
Top row: finished
Other 2 rows: books in process at various stages
Celebrated my January birthday with this incredible gift from my hubby.He sent me & my friend & neighbor to an English tea.
Pictured:the building with Brit flag
Me with sparkling juice & table setting
2 tiers: tea sandwiches- herbed egg salad,quince paste & gouda, Irish butter & cucumber, ham, cheddar, & Brandon pickle
Cherry scone, coconut scone
Me taking a breather
lemon fool & lemon/lavender shortbread
Tea: Scottish Morn,Chai Harney & Sons
My 4 choices this month. I fiction, 1 non-fiction, 2 historical fiction mysteries
pickAs spring slowly emerging in rural King‘s Cove,a skeleton is found in Lane‘s neighbors‘ root cellar. What follows is yet another imaginative storyline that utilizes the bucolic setting to inform both the plot & sustain the readers engagement. There is the usual cast of quirky characters,who with each novel reveal increasingly more depth. The author also utilizes dialogue to reveal the psychological soul of these characters,enriching the novel.
Today is St.David‘s Day in Wales,a day of traditional celebration. This Welch song was first preserved orally (music) . In 1784 it was written down in sheet music & in the last half of the 19th c. Lyrics were added by J.Hughes. It‘s hauntingly beautiful, transcends time as all parents of all specious watch their children thru the night to keep them safe. https://web.archive.org/web/20110727053819/https://www.madog.org/dysgwyr/caneuon...
Tonight reading with Em. #catsoflitsy 🐾
February stats:
25 books in total
5 Non-fiction
1 fiction
1 Historical fiction
9 Mystery
9 Historical Fiction Mystery
#adventuresinphilosophy #sundaybuddyread #ChristieCapers #memoir #fiction #Brunetti #nunlit #JohnMadden #auldlangspine #LaneWinslowMysteries #PadrikHedstrom #readyourkindle
#ranttime
Today heard about aid for diseases/vaccines,treatment stopped for malaria, HIV, polio. Let‘s bring back almost irradiated diseases. Let‘s destroy mankind.
Now, little t & Vance screamed & screamed at Zelensky, attacking him, accusing him of lying, that he should be grateful for us despite the fact that little t is offering him nothing.
I hope Ukraine keeps its minerals from us.
Little t=devil incarnate.Pure evil.Pure Nazi.
#ranttime
#5joysfriday
1)sunrise through the trees
2) two communities of support & strength: My HS students & circle of staff
3)libraries
4) Year of Wonder- starting my day with a classical music piece
5) always coffee! And stroopwafel!!
#readyourkindle #March
This will probably take me into April, but here is what‘s in my kindle library.
Sone library holds came in, so of course I just had to check out the New Books section! Libraries are the BEST! #libraryfinds #libraryholds
pickGreed. Meat slaughterhouses. More greed. Venetian canals. Veterinarian. Animals as companions. Sensory overload. Beastly Things.
Amidst all this,ongoing relationships Brunetti has with himself, his wife, his children, & his co-workers continues to add breadth & depth to this series. #serieslove2025
I felt pure joy vibrating from this page as I read. We have a magnolia tree, that blooms first in spring. I watch for its emerging buds every year.
A taut,suspenseful,storyline that kept me reading far into the night.Cold-blooded assassin & master of disguise is on the loose.He has brutally murdered a “Land Girl”,who works at retired policeman Madden‘s farm.Madden joins in Scotland Yard, Chief inspector Sinclair,his old friend& coworker to hunt down this devious killer.As usual, the historical,architectural,& landscapes of both city & country are depicted with authentic sensory images.
This is my son‘s book-he is planning another 2 trips for us to NYC, one this month for an exhibit at the Center for the Book Arts & the Casper Friedrich the Soul of Nature exhibit at the MET in April. In the meantime I am going to read this article later today. I did see an exhibit on Artemisia Gentileschi here inHartford at the Wadsworth atheneum. https://centerforbookarts.org/exhibitions/the-best-kept-secret-200-years-of-bloo...
This morning‘s piece is from an album,The Blue Notebooks, by Max Richter, of protest against the invasion of Iraq, a “meditation in violence” & at the general “ futility” of war. #resistance
Thank you ever so much @AnneCecilie @Lcsmcat for posting about this book.
https://youtu.be/ZI-s-FEvNG4
Back in Venice tonight.
Reading this as a touchstone during my first day back at work in 2 weeks. Our room is closed for lunch so I take that time to eat and read. It soothes me.
Tonight for #hyggehour we celebrated my husband‘s birthday, then we watched an episode of a wonderful nature show from the BBC narrated by Tom Hanks, The Americas. Cinematography is beyond incredible. Highly recommend!
Reflections:
…they have become smart animals. They are smart in the sense of being curious and flexible;they are adventurous, opportunistic. With this idea on the table, I can add more to my picture of how octopus fit into the range of animals in the history of life (64). They have personalities!
The mistreatment of these sea creatures at the Naples Zoological Station sickened & angered me. But the thriving Octopolis(61)is cause for joy & wonder!
This afternoon‘s escape. 👑
#bookmail #JaneAusten
A gift to myself.
pickI hesitate to review this book only because there‘s so many complicated,unusual characters,whose characterization is imbued by the beauty of this VT farming country.It‘s 1969 & Dec.Warren moves to Bethany VT when offered a position with the state police Almost immediately an irascible farmer is found burned to death in his barn. Was suicide? Murder? An accident? As Warren delves into the investigation,assisted by his elderly enigmatic neighbor🔽
#bookreport Feb16-22
I did not read all of these in one week!!!! Some I was just finishing up. I was home from work sick- in between sleeping, I read.
#sundaybuddyread #adventuresinphilosophy #auldlangspine #storygraphchallenges
Starting this library book. 1969. Bethany, VT. (fictional village)
#libraryfind #VT
I am totally immersed in this daily read.
1) our car was frozen solid to the driveway- so grateful for my mechanic who got us towed out- took forever! Now it is parked in a neighboring church lot until thaw. #gratitude
2) Empath Poe by side, lap, bed while I have been home sick
3) Mornings with Madeleine L‘Engle
4) sunsets have been spectacular
5) family & friends
An example of Arendt‘s philosophy in action:
https://youtu.be/i4QVr4Ip6TU
#adventuresinphilosophy #resistance
pick“I started this research in a very unfocused way, looking at it from every possible angle…Really my method was I had no method. (113)
The author‘s great grandfather was a Parisian fine art collector whose apartment was seized by the Nazis in 1942.She pursues her family‘s legacy starting with just a small list of paintings.Her journey send her across Europe to museums,archives,& institutions in an attempt to establish provenance & reclaim 🔽
pick“Leon‘s novels have opened a window into the private Venice of her citizens,a world of incomparable beauty,high culture,family intimacy,and delicious food. But …it is also beset by shocking crime,intractable social and environmental problems,and far-reaching,insidious corruption.”
Too overwhelming for me to review, so let this quote from book‘s inside cover suffice.#serieslove2025
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